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Report On The Inspection Of Chiefs College 1939PDF 12
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The enrolment on the date of my visit was 150 divided by ‘communities as
follows :--
Muslims . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Sikhe . . . . . . . . . . . . &F
Hindus . . . . . . . . . . . 33
It is hoped that furthér admissions ma ytaise the total to 160 by the end
of the year 1938-39. ‘Khe number of boarders is at present 117 and the
maximum existing Boarding House accommodation is 135. The number
of day boys is 33.
The admissions and withdrawals of boys for the last five years are
given below : —
Year. Admissions. Withdrawals.
1034-85. . . . . . . . 31 10
1935-36. . : . . . . . 18 21
1036-37. . . . . . . . 41 18
1937-38. . . . ‘ . . . 31 9
1938-39. . . . ooo. . . 28 22
‘G6: Fees.—The fees for boarders are from Rs. 110 to Rs. 180 per mensem
according to the class in which they read and Rs. 105 per mensem for day
‘boys regardless of the forms in which they aro reading. The fees include
all College activities including tuition, accommodation, messing, medical
examination, etc. The maximum fee was reduced by Rs. 10 per mensem
from ‘April last and it is hoped that further reductions will follow as the
financial position improves.
7, Buildings —A mew block of class-rooms, the need for which has
been already referred ‘to, is to be built at a cost of about Rs. 1,50,000.
This will provide 9 large class-rooms, 3 medium class-rooms and 5 small
class-rooms with staff common rooms and offices. At the time of my visit
one class was using the Cricket Pavilion, another was working in an inade-
quately protected open verandah and two were occupying purely temporary
accommodation. The playing-fields have also been extended and eight new
tennis courts, a hockey and a foot-ball ficld are now in use; there are also
hopes of a new Pavilion to serve these grounds.
Among the works completed during the year are the new hospital,
a most valuable addition, and the re-wiring scheme. Mosquito netting has
been provided for the mess-rooms and further progress has been made with
the work of road-consolidation and of painting wood-work and_ ceilings.
The improvements to the shop recommended by my -predecessor have also
been_carried.out.
8. Examination results —The College has ceased to take the Chiefs’
Colleges Diploma Examination. During the year the College sent up 10
boys.for the Cambridge School Certificate examination, of whom 7 passed.
This breaks the hitherto unbroken record of ‘success in this examination but
it had to he,broken-sooner or later and it is.worth recording that one first
grade and four second -grade certificates were obtained together with 36
credit or better-than-credit-passes out of 61 individual subjects.
For the Junior Cambridge Certificate cight cantlidates sat, ont of
whom only 2.passed. This is a disappointing result and in conjunction
with previous experience probably indicates that the standard of English
is beyond the powers of an Indian boy in the sixth year of -his education.